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3rd Annual Poetry Contest Spotlight 2019: Introducing Dondi Springer
Dondi A Springer is a happily married man and has been writing for a lifetime. At 43-years-young he never took writing seriously until his wife told him he should do something with it. “I was mostly inspired by the strength of my mother,” he says, “and also my own life experiences. As a champion of… Continue reading
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Hard Truth: Self-Love is Not a Social Media Movement of Posting Pictures of Yourself on the Internet
Hard Truth: Self-Love is not a social media movement of posting lots of pictures of ourselves on the internet. And don’t twist my words. There is nothing wrong with posting pictures (I do it all the time). You are allowed to post what you want. But we also live in a time where it has… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday: What Hollywood Left out the Harriet Movie
I did not intend on writing about this today but then… I saw the Harriet movie. Yep. I went to see it. I know many are protesting the film, but I don’t jump on bandwagons. I wanted to see it for myself to develop my own opinion. I also knew I wanted to write about… Continue reading
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Remind Yourself that You Exist
When your hands are shaking so badly, your body is an Earthquake. When your mind is a war-zone of worry. When uncertainty is an uninvited guest snaking its way inside your mind and poisoning it with doubt. When you are weighed down by what is not yours to carry. When depression feels like a friend… Continue reading
